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ELKHART COUNTY - A North Manchester man was killed this morning in a two-vehicle collision.
According to an Elkhart County Sheriff’s Office crash news release, at about 7:07 a.m. today, Friday, Oct. 30, a red 2015 Peterbilt 389, driven by David Rosemeyer, 72, North Manchester, was traveling north on CR 33, north of CR 50, when it hit the rear end of a 2018 CNH Case III (farm tractor) that was pulling a cultivator and a fertilizer cart turning west into a field. The farm tractor was driven by Douglas Thwaits, 70, Syracuse.
The Peterbilt hit the rear of the fertilizer cart, causing the semi to go partially off the road.
Rosemeyer was pronounced dead at the scene of the crash by emergency medical services.
Thwaits refused medical treatment, the release states. Both men were wearing seatbelts at the time of the crash.
The Peterbilt sustained heavy damage to the front end, while the farm tractor sustained light rear-end damage and heavy trailer damage.
